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Alvin Cecil Murray (July 27, 1895 – September 1949) was a farmer and political figure in
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
. He represented Gull Lake from 1944 to 1949 in the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan () is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, in the ...
as a
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; , FCC) was a federal democratic socialism, democratic socialistThe following sources describe the CCF as a democratic socialist political party: * * * * * * and social democracy, social-democ ...
(CCF) member. He was born in
Burford, Ontario Burford is a rural community and is part of the County of Brant, in central southwestern Ontario. It has 1,058 residents (2021 Census). It is located eight kilometres west of the City of Brantford along Highway 53, and seventy kilometres east of ...
, the son of John Murray and Jane Hartley, and was educated in Burford and
Regina, Saskatchewan Regina ( ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 Canadian census, ...
. In 1917, Murray married Bertha Bailey. He lived in
Tompkins, Saskatchewan Tompkins (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 population: ) is a village in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Gull Lake No. 139 and Division No. 8, Saskatchewan, Census Division No. 8 ...
. Murray died in office at the age of 54.


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Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 1895 births 1949 deaths 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{CCF-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub